From grouchy + -er. <span class="searchmatch">grouchier</span> comparative form of grouchy: more grouchy...
student slang. IPA(key): /ˈɡɹaʊt͡ʃi/ Rhymes: -aʊtʃi grouchy (comparative <span class="searchmatch">grouchier</span>, superlative grouchiest) (originally university slang) Irritable; easily...
from Middle English grucchen (attested since c. 1200), from Old French <span class="searchmatch">grouchier</span> (“to grumble”), of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic, and likely of...
grucchen (“to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge”), from Old French <span class="searchmatch">grouchier</span>, groucier (“to murmur, grumble”), of Germanic origin, probably ultimately...